Harness-loop.



' A; L. SESSIONS.

HARNESS LOOP. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. i909.

191675437 Patented Ja11.11, 1916.

witnesses:

1520612 fax MA fi m ALBERT L. SESSIONS, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

HARNESS-LOOP.

Application filed Ju1y 6, 1909.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SESSIONS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Bristol, in the countyof Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedHarness-Loop, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices more commonly used inleather or like fiexible structures as a harness, for the connection. orattachment of straps and like parts, and the object generally of theinvention is to provide a device of this class having numerous novelfeatures of advantage and utility.

Certain forms of device in the use of which the objects sought may beattained are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a face view of a harness loop embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aned 'e View of the same. Fig. 3 is a face view of a loop showing aslightly different form of construction. Fig. is an ed 'e view of thelatter form of loop. Fig. 5 is a face view of a loop showing anotherform of construction.

The invention may be applied generally to any form of flexible structurein which it is desired to connect or attach straps or like parts havingloops formed by over-turning the ends and stitching to the main part asa means of attachment to the connecting part, the latter usually beingconstructed of metal, and in the drawings herein a loop is shown whichis especially applicable when attached to the trace of a harness as ameans of removably securing the trace to a whitlietree or like part, theconstruction affording means whereby the trace may be attached to themetallic loop without destroying the stitched loop formed on the trace.

My improved loop is preferably formed of sheet metal stamped orotherwise properly shaped and having an opening 6 at one end for theattachment to a whittletree or part thereon constructed to receive thetrace. This loop being first formed to shape as above described with theopening 6 and the side bars 7, the outer ends of the latter are given apartial twist, as at 8, so that the flat surfaces of the side partsshall be presented Copies of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. iii, i916. Serial No. 505,961.

toward each other, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Openings areformed in these twisted portions of the side parts, preferably near theouter ends, through which a bolt 9 extends, which bolt is held in placeby a nut 10.

In the form of device shown in Figs. 3 and i the opening (3 is formed asabove described, but only one of the side parts 7 is twisted at itsouter end 8. lVhen the plate is first cut or stamped to shape it isprovided with a side part 11 and a end bar 12, both formed flat with theplane of the plate. The end bar 12 has a lug 13 integrally formed on thebar, which lug projects through an opening 14:, the lug being headedover or otherwise formed to secure the end 8 to the bar.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 5 the parts are constructed much thesame as in Figs. 3 and i, having the opening 6, side parts 7 and 11, theformer being twisted at its outer end as at 8. In this form of devicethe lug l i is threaded to receive a nut 15.

It will thus readily be seen from the illustration and accompanyingdescription that my improved harness loop may be readily engaged with ordisengaged from stitched loop in a strap or like part withoutdcstruction of said stitched loop, but I do not limit the invention tothe precise construction shown and described herein.

1 claim A harness loop consisting of a plate formed from a thin piece ofmetal and having an opening at one end to 'eceive a barness strap andwith. the metal removed at the opposite end to form side parts, one ofsaid side parts being twisted at its outer end to present its fiatsurface substantially at right angles to the main part of the plate andwith a substantial part of said side part located substantially in theplane of the flat surface of the plate, and an end bar sccured in anopening in said side part and so arranged in conjunction with the saidside .parts as to form a loop.

ALBERT L. SESSIONS.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE F. Mason, WILLIAM L. NEUBAUER.

this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

